Opiate Withdrawl Right Now: Need Some Advice...

[BigCracker]

Gotta' start attending meetings right away. Don't even think you can do this by yourself.

This is a myth. Do you know what the success rate is for addicts that go through a program like AA or NA??? It's about 5%. The success rate for addicts that quit on their own? It's 5% as well. Although I do think having someone to confide in and help you through WD's would be beneficial.

I actually joined EF as a part of conquering my 5yr daily nubain habit(mainline painkiller similar to morphine). I didn't quit by choice. My dealer just encountered some problems right before I was supposed to score so I was forced to quit cold turkey. How did I deal with it? The 1st 24 hrs clean wasn't so bad-butat the 24 hr mark I was tired, constipated, nauseous, and seriously considering a road trip to mexico to score on my own. Thank God I felt too shitty to make the 5 hr drive. I felt like clenching my fists and flexing all of my muscles I was in so much pain. I also couldn't sleep no matter how tired that I was. I smoked a lot of weed for the anxiety-it seemed to help, but not much. After about 3 days of absolute hell, I started feeling a little better. I made myself go to the gym. My workouts were shit-but I felt slightly better afterwards which made it worth the trip. I still couldn't sleep more than an hour or so a night. I would take 2-3 showers throughout the night to try to relax myself, but it only helped a little. After about 3 weeks of this I started sleeping a few hrs at a time and feeling much better overall. I still had to keep myself busy posting on EF, going fishing, and riding my motorcycle to keep from thinking about how bad I was jonesin'. After another week I seemed to feel normal-but the thought of shooting up still entered my mind 5-6 times a day. After about 3 months clean I still thought of shooting up-but only once a day or so. After about a yr I started realizing just how fucked up I was-I hear it takes that long for your brain chemistry to return to normal. Anyway, it's been almost a yr and a half
I've been of nubain now. I've been offered it a few times but I couldn't do it. The 3 days of withdrawals was incentive enough to say no-but the month of sleepless nights that followed is really what scared me into never wanting to use it again.

Good luck bro-you're about to test your manhood. Smoke weed, stay busy, and stay away from other users that don't have what it takes to kick.

 

[CO B-man]

This is a myth. Do you know what the success rate is for addicts that go through a program like AA or NA??? It's about 5%. The success rate for addicts that quit on their own? It's 5% as well. Although I do think having someone to confide in and help you through WD's would be beneficial.

I actually joined EF as a part of conquering my 5yr daily nubain habit(mainline painkiller similar to morphine). I didn't quit by choice. My dealer just encountered some problems right before I was supposed to score so I was forced to quit cold turkey. How did I deal with it? The 1st 24 hrs clean wasn't so bad-butat the 24 hr mark I was tired, constipated, nauseous, and seriously considering a road trip to mexico to score on my own. Thank God I felt too shitty to make the 5 hr drive. I felt like clenching my fists and flexing all of my muscles I was in so much pain. I also couldn't sleep no matter how tired that I was. I smoked a lot of weed for the anxiety-it seemed to help, but not much. After about 3 days of absolute hell, I started feeling a little better. I made myself go to the gym. My workouts were shit-but I felt slightly better afterwards which made it worth the trip. I still couldn't sleep more than an hour or so a night. I would take 2-3 showers throughout the night to try to relax myself, but it only helped a little. After about 3 weeks of this I started sleeping a few hrs at a time and feeling much better overall. I still had to keep myself busy posting on EF, going fishing, and riding my motorcycle to keep from thinking about how bad I was jonesin'. After another week I seemed to feel normal-but the thought of shooting up still entered my mind 5-6 times a day. After about 3 months clean I still thought of shooting up-but only once a day or so. After about a yr I started realizing just how fucked up I was-I hear it takes that long for your brain chemistry to return to normal. Anyway, it's been almost a yr and a half
I've been of nubain now. I've been offered it a few times but I couldn't do it. The 3 days of withdrawals was incentive enough to say no-but the month of sleepless nights that followed is really what scared me into never wanting to use it again.

Good luck bro-you're about to test your manhood. Smoke weed, stay busy, and stay away from other users that don't have what it takes to kick.

This about sums it up here!

 

[a creed]

This is a myth. Do you know what the success rate is for addicts that go through a program like AA or NA??? It's about 5%. The success rate for addicts that quit on their own? It's 5% as well. Although I do think having someone to confide in and help you through WD's would be beneficial.

I actually joined EF as a part of conquering my 5yr daily nubain habit(mainline painkiller similar to morphine). I didn't quit by choice. My dealer just encountered some problems right before I was supposed to score so I was forced to quit cold turkey. How did I deal with it? The 1st 24 hrs clean wasn't so bad-butat the 24 hr mark I was tired, constipated, nauseous, and seriously considering a road trip to mexico to score on my own. Thank God I felt too shitty to make the 5 hr drive. I felt like clenching my fists and flexing all of my muscles I was in so much pain. I also couldn't sleep no matter how tired that I was. I smoked a lot of weed for the anxiety-it seemed to help, but not much. After about 3 days of absolute hell, I started feeling a little better. I made myself go to the gym. My workouts were shit-but I felt slightly better afterwards which made it worth the trip. I still couldn't sleep more than an hour or so a night. I would take 2-3 showers throughout the night to try to relax myself, but it only helped a little. After about 3 weeks of this I started sleeping a few hrs at a time and feeling much better overall. I still had to keep myself busy posting on EF, going fishing, and riding my motorcycle to keep from thinking about how bad I was jonesin'. After another week I seemed to feel normal-but the thought of shooting up still entered my mind 5-6 times a day. After about 3 months clean I still thought of shooting up-but only once a day or so. After about a yr I started realizing just how fucked up I was-I hear it takes that long for your brain chemistry to return to normal. Anyway, it's been almost a yr and a half
I've been of nubain now. I've been offered it a few times but I couldn't do it. The 3 days of withdrawals was incentive enough to say no-but the month of sleepless nights that followed is really what scared me into never wanting to use it again.

Good luck bro-you're about to test your manhood. Smoke weed, stay busy, and stay away from other users that don't have what it takes to kick.

Great advice - and nice work with your recovery bro..............

 

[racoon_city]

good post BC

 

[CO B-man]

^^ the support in here rocks^^

 

[jumpshot]

what really suprised me is how many ef regulars have battled addiction. well I guess what really suprises me is that I didn't expect it.

seems like many people have replaced their drug of choice with lifting/juice. perhaps the addictive personalities are now addicted to something else? good thing lifting and proper use of juice is healthy!

 

[CO B-man]

what really suprised me is how many ef regulars have battled addiction. well I guess what really suprises me is that I didn't expect it.

seems like many people have replaced their drug of choice with lifting/juice. perhaps the addictive personalities are now addicted to something else? good thing lifting and proper use of juice is healthy!

Let me put it simply for you. You probably have not been a person addicted to anything. It always starts out fun and quittable and then the next thing you know you are controlled by a substance and will do things you later regret. But many addicts of one substance or another have many similarities. 1.) They have past issues and never really learned how to cope, accept and move on from them without a substance. 2.) THey have felt after they quit and realize they can quit that they have poisoned there body too much, too hard and for too long of a time and the next step from there is getting healthy again. hence here they are. It feels good to feel good and we want to feel even better (personality). To be sick for so long eventually you get sick and tired of being sick and tired. I suspect I am not the only one here on the healthy kick after the poisoning phase of myself. It just helps you to feel better about yourself again and it helps to hear that you are not alone in your struggles others have been there and others are there with you. Hard to explain if you have never been there but hopes that helps the understanding but what to expect and what helped people get through is support that helps!!

 

[donmcgowen]

What's up. I was a heroin addict for 5 years, been clean for six. I used to go through withdrawals all the time not being able score. Anyway, Oxycontin is a short half life opiate like heroin, so even though the withdrawal is intense, you will feel better in 4 days, like a new man after 15, back to normal at 30. Believe me, I've done this too many times to count. Tough it out. The mental part is always the toughest to keep a positve mindset. For the physical part, doing some light exercises to get your blood flowing does wonders. It seems like the last thing you would want to do withdrawing, but it really helps. Also, take lots of showers, hot showers, sit in the shower for an hour. Eat lots of candy and junk food, really helps you mentally. If you need any other help you can email me at [email protected]. Also, if you can get some valium or xanax or any tranquilizer that will help without prolonging the withdrawal. If you take an opiate to feel better, you are just delaying process. GOod luck,.I 'm rooting for you.

 

[Big_Joe]

I'm coming off of about 80-100 mg oxycontin per day cold turkey right now and I'm feeling withdrawl coming on and I could use some advice of those who have been through this before.

I know this is not the perfect forum for this but I also know that a lot of these types of questions get by on this forum and there are a lot of members here who have experience with opiates and I need some advice pronto.

Please let me know any tips or tricks you have experience with. Right now it feel like my skin is crawling and there's this bizarre feeling in my head as if my personality is being subtly replaced. Hard to put into words but I'm assuming anyone who's been there knows.

I wanted to tell you I feel for you. I have been on morphine for three years. I hate it. I tried to stop cold turkey and couldn't do it. I tried cutting the dosage in half then half again and couldn't do it. I still have neurapothy that I need the morphine for. I am still in pain when I don't take it. You didn't say if you were still having pain or not but if you are maybe stopping isn't worth it. That's the conclusion that I came to. I hate being an addict. My wife brought out some photos that showed where I was three years ago and how much I have changed over time. She told me that I should give it another year of healing and then see if I can stop the morphine but for me I had to come to the conclusion that for now I still need it. So be honest with yourself if you need it or not. If you do then set a time in the furure to see if you still need it then. But don't suffer if you don't have to. It wears you down and slows the healing process. Good luck I wish you all the best.

 

[boz44]

Maybe it is a good sign that we haven't heard from him today? Maybe not? I hope he comes back and updates us.